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PAGE TWO
Consumer Notes
Issued Weekly by Consumers'
Counsel Division, A. A. A.
Washington, D. C.
Keep Your
Eye
On Production
During the defense period, the
question before consumers is this: Are
standards of living in this country go
ing to be built up to at least a decent
minimum for everyone, or will they be
maintained about where they are, or
will they be cut down by an ever-in
creasing and expanding upswing in
prices of the things you spend your
money for?" writes D. E. Montgom
ery, Consumers' Counsel of the U. S.
Department of Agriculture, in a re
cent magazine article. "Money pros
perity there will be consumers as a
whole will have more money to spend.
What we don't know yet is whether
that larger amount of money will sim
ply boost prices or will boost the
standard of living by getting us a
larger supply of good things.
The biggest factor in that ques
tion is how much American industry
can
produce, in addition to the goods
needed for defense, and how much it
will produce. Will it keep all our pro
ductive resources hard at work doing
all that is possible?
.The complex structure of
prices
must be closely watched. If
production is held back, prices will
surely go up. When prices begin to
move, speculation comes into the pic
ture, and then we will find it espe
cially difficult to get our productive
and distributive machinery working
full time at full speed.
With occasional exceptions, agri
culture is already a bountiful pro
ducer. Nevertheless we m'ed a lot
more of many kinds of farm products
if anything really worthwhile is go
ing to be done about this nutrition
question that everyone is talking
about. Hut farmers aren't going
be willing to produce larger quanti
ties of farm products unless the indus
trial side of the Nation also is increas
ing its output uf the things that farm
families spend their money for.
Pointers On Furniture
A well constructed piece of furni
ture
will have well fitting drawers
doors and leaves.
Pull the drawers out and sec for
yourself if they slide smoothly and are
not loose.
The groove rails of the drawer, on
which it slides hack and forth, should
be glued or otherwise fastened se
curely to the framework. Slides
whether on both sides of the drawer
or in the center, likewise should IkJ
securely fastened to both the front and
back of the drawer.
Dove-tail joints, used
for notching
together the sides of the drawer
should fit snugly and firmly. Coo
quality furniture has this type of joint
on
all four corners of the drawers
cheaper pieces may simply have slots
in
which the sides and back of the
drawer are fitted.
Tiny blocks of wood glued to the
bottom of the drawer, where it fits
into the sides, make for reinforce
ment and strength. If the back of
the drawer falls below the bottom of
the drawer floor, it indicates good
•workmanship.
When you pull
out the drawers
look for a panel .shell' that is at least
three-sixteenths of an inch thick sep
arating each drawer. Furniture lack
ing this insert will not he dust-proof
Like drawers, doors should fit .snug
ly, should open and close smoothly
should not sag. Hinges, brackets
latches made from thin, stamped-out
metal mean weak construction that
will not long stand the strain of ordi
nary wear.
Table leaves also should fit per
fectly, with not even a fraction of an
inch of looseness. Don't store them
in damp places, such as your cellar if
you do, you will soon have warped
useless furniture on your hands.
How to .Make Your Own Peanut Mutter
Roast the peanuts in a slow oven
(300 degrees) stirring occasionally.
Then shell them, remove the skins, and
grind tin kernels in your meat grimi
er, using the finest blade. You will
probably want to grind them twiie fn
get the fineness you desire.
Then add the amount of sail \"U
like and a little table oil if the butter
seems too dry. Hest idea is to make
small quantities at a time. Peanut
butter tastes better fresh, and it gets
rancid fairly easily. Two cups of
shelled nuts will grind into about
one-
half pound of butter.
Peanut butter fanciers can get lot.,
of additional ideas for recipes using
peanuts and peanut butter by writing
Office of Information, I'. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture, Washington, D.
C. Ask for the Bureau of Home Eco
nomics free pamphlet, MP-'n"\'ut.
and Ways to Use Them."
On the Air
About r0 stations scattered all
the country weekly broadcast CON
SUM EK TIME, the radio program for
consumers produced by the Consum
ers'
Counsel Division
of
the I'. S. !c
partment of Agriculture.
The broadcast is heard it
unlay morning at 12 o'clock, Eastern
Daylight Time (11 a. m., E. S. T.) over
the Red Netwwork of the National
Broadcasting Company. You can find
out
the call letters of the station near
est
you to whom the program is made
available by writing Consumers' Coun
sel Divi: ion, Department of Agricul
ture,
Washington, D.
C.
On
May 24,
consumer reporter
the broadcast will tell you how to get
a
safe sunburn, and how to prepare
foods
for the picnic basket. Donald
E. Montgomery, Consumers' Counsel,
will talk on current consumes prob-
Green Confounds
(Continued from Page One)
hardly be argued that non-union mem
bers should be admitted into the
union ranks without payment of any
fee when all those before them have
contributed their share to the eco
nomic strength of their organization.
"I am laying these facts before you,
not a justification for the imposition
of excessive initiation fees in the time
of national emergency. I feel that
the emergency situation calls for
special action by our unions.
'Practically all of our unions have
taken cognizance of the situation and
have acted accordingly. Within the
limitations of our authority, we in the
American Federation of Labor have
established reasonable and uniform
standard initiation fees in every in
stance known to us and have done
away with abuses.
"Most of our national and local or
ganizations have taken the necessary
action to meet the present conditions
voluntarily and on their own initia
tive. They have done so in the in
terest of the common good as patrio
tic American citizens who know that
every one of us in America is engaged
in a job of most crucial importance,
that of preserving liberty and democ
racy in America and in the world."
On the question of national
de
fense strikes, Mr. Green said:
"From July 1940 through April 23
1941, there were altogether only 99
strikes involving in any way national
defense production. Of these, tl
strikes in 55 establishments were con
sidered to he important by the Office
of Production Management and 38
wore classified by OPM as distinctly
secondary. The strikes carried on the
OPM secondary list were so classified
because no delay or interruption in
defense activity resulted from them
in the presence of alternative sources
of supply or of sufficient inventories
which were readily available. Thus it
is perfectly proper for us to follow
the OPM's classification and limit our
consideration to 01 disputes listed by
them as of any consequence to de
fense production.
"These (II disputes involved alto
gether 212,(08 workers and resulted
in 2,27!,501 man-days of idleness
About one-half of them were disputes
in which management refused to af
ford unions recognition of their col
lective bargaining rights or to follow
the established collective bargaining
procedures. The remainder of the
strikes involved grievances, questions
of speed-up and work-load and wage
issues. Only two strikes involved
jurisdictional questions and only three
were strikes in which an organ iza
tional dispute between A. F. of
and C. I. O. unions was at issue.
"In the light of what I have said
with regard to the A. F. of L. defense
policies, I want to call your special
attention to the American Federation
of Labor's record in these strikes af
fee-ting defense production.
"Of the? (i 1 de-fense strikes, 47 in
volved C. I. O. unions, 9 involved A
F. of L. unions and 5 invedveel beth
C. I. O. and A. F. of L. locals. Of
Ihe- number e»f workers invedveel in
these' strikers 92.5 per ce*nt we re C. I
()., .-1 per cent we're' A. F. ef L. mem
bers, while 1.07 per cent representee
workers in strikes in which both the
A. F. e*f L. anel the1 C. I. O. we*re' in
volve el. In terms eif the man-eiays eif
idh'iie'ss, 91.5 per cent resulte*d from
I. O. strike's, 5.3 per cent freun A
F. ef L. strike's, anel 3.2 per cent freun
•lispute's in which both A. F. ef L. anel
C. I. O. unions participated.
"The revetrel speaks for itself. It
represents fae-ts furnisheel by the Of
fiee e»f Production Management anel
its authenticity eannett be* challenged
It shows that the: American Feelera
tiewi ef Labor unions we're' invedveel in
strike's which cau.^e-el only 5 pe-r cent
of ielleness in productieni, while* 90 per
•ent of such ielleness was brought
ibemt by disputeof (lie dual ('. I. O
irganization.
"Anel ye»t it shoulel lie- reali/.eel that
A. F. e»f L. unions re-pre'se-nt workers
in key peisitiems in ail of the* major
Concav*
f:Orm Filling
Back
I in Hi,ih
over
HEAVY
v. All SPftlr-s.
STttl
TUBING
Green Gets Medal
(Continued from Page One)
which made good its pledge to the
Government to supply enough skilled
men to complete the program in rec
ord time and to keep them working
at all costs.
"Why have
the
leaders of
the
to a workingman
Amer­
ican Federation of Labor and why
have millions of working men and
women in the rank and file made sac
rifices and maintained
strict
discipline
and hewed to the line?
'The answer is that they believe in
democracy as against totalitarianism.
They love America and they will go
to any lengths to defend it. They
cherish their rights and their free
dom as all good American citizens do.
'Yet today the rights and freedom
of American workers are threatened
not only by the menace of totalitar
ian aggressors abroad but by the
forces of reaction from within our
own land.
"The great majority of American
workers have demonstrated that they
elo tu)t wish to strike anel will not
strike or otherwise impeele the elefense
pregram, yet now a group of short
sighted and labor-hating Congress
men are trying to take away their
right te strike.
"The right te strike means
as
as
the press means to
the freedenn ef
a
newspaper pub­
lisher. It is just as vital and funela
mental in eur organic law as the free
dom of speech and the freedom to
worship God as ene sees fit. These
guarantees of individual liberty are
emlmdieel in the Pill eif Rights in eur
Constitution, just as the right to strike
is contained in the Thirteenth Amend
ment to the Constitution which pro
hibiteel inveduntary servitude in Amer
ica for all time.
"Any infringement of the right to
strike is a step tenvard forceel labor
and the type e)f conelitions wihch pre
vail in lanels dominateel by the elicta
tors ef Eurepe. Theise conelitions are
the very things American workers
want to elefenel our country against.
They will net listen to any speciou
pleas that they must accept a form
ef slavery to defend themselves
against slavery."
Men And Machines
(Continueel from Page One*
less this war is over on our terms,
then the future of business and the
future e»f yetur personal interests will
ne»t he worth very much elebate."
He hopeel, he said, that nobody im
agine-el he was "erne of these fatuous
optimists, who sees in every defeat a
victery."
v. For Facing ..Fatfjks*:
"Quite to the contxa^,
,1*M6nziefi
continued. "I am a believer in leak
ing all these facts honestly and
straight in the face, and the fact is
that we have, since this war began,
sustained many elefeats.
"Have we lost these battle's because
we have less skill in war? I think
not.
"Why have we lost them We have
lest them because we have met an
enemy who was lour or five or six
years better prepared with the raa
chinerv of war."
National Meeting
(Continueel from Page One)
have le^arneel this lesson. So must we.
I hope that this conference will make
rccomiue'iielations te solve nutrition
problems at natiemal, state- anel com
munity levels as an essential part of
elefense and as a part of a continu
ing national health and welfare pro
gram."
Union Labels, Shop Cards and Ser
vice' Muttons are the best weapons of
elefense for American Labor stand
arels.
ele'fense industries and that they rep
resent the' bae kbone' of the labor force
and skill on which the defense pro
eiuction is elependent
SADDLE
Choice Of
Colon Including
PAMfcl
Viuilut
n
ki »(, i i: -11 i i.
THE TOTTERS HERALt)
Ohio Workers Will
I Continued from Page One)
quarter earnings for each week of to
tal unemployment, while the high paid
man will receive 4 per cent, with pro
portionate amounts being paid to
claimants within the two extremes.
Another provisions of this bill con
tinues the present requirement of em
ployment in each of 20 weeks, and
places upon the unemployed worker
another qualifier of $160 earnings in
the base period. The bill also provides
that one who quits work to marry or
because of marital obligations is not
available for employment, receives no
benefits for the ensuing period of un
employment. Voluntary quitting with
out good cause or discharge for mis
conduct will reduce by six weeks the
maximum number of weeks for which
benefits may be laid. The "strike"
provision in the present law is
changed to read "labor dispute (other
than leckout)'\
In 1939 and again
much
in
1940, Admin­
istrator Atkinson points out, the in
come into the unemployment fund ex
ceeeled benefit payments by more than
2 to 1. Despite the fact that tax cuts
under merit rating will become effec
tive for the first time in 1942, it was
felt that tax rates safely be further
reeluceel. The new tax scale is set at
from .7 to 3 per cent in place of the
old scale of from 1 to 4 per cent. A
conservative estimate places the yield
uneler the new rates for 1942 at ap
proximately $25,00n,000, a reduction
ef $16,000,000, but more than enough
to meet anticipateel benefit payments.
The new bill makes provisions for
review by the courts on questions in
vedving tax payments and their com
putation, and an appeal also is pro
videel from the administrator's deter
ni ination of seasonal employment.
Steelman
(Continued from Page
One)
that year the conciliation service dis
posed of 4,665 situations directly in
volving more than 1,709,000 men and
women in every type of inelustry anel
business. These included strikes, stop
page's, threatened strikes and general
disagreements between labor and in
dustry. Dr. Steelman said mest of
the-se problems were solved befeire
..trike.s er other forms of stoppages
began. During 19-10, he said, 2 per
cent of the manufacturing plants in
the country lost time because ef work
stoppage's, involving 2.3 per cent ef
those working in manufacturing in
dustries. He called this the best rec
orel in thirty-ono of the last forty
years.
What's become*^? the old-fashioned
doctor who used to sit at the bedside
fer an hour and talk things ever?
lu
Local Union 33 O.C.
(Continued from Page One)
in the sanitorium for the past six
months, has returned to work. We
hope his good health stays with him.
This O.
C.
and family visited Idora
park last Sunday to get a preview of
the Potters Picnic site. Believe me
Potters, you are going to see a bet
ter park this year. I met Manager
Max Rindin and we made a tour of
the park. Max showed me all the new
features, including the Bug, Whip and
Ferris Wheel. They have also added
something for the children, a Kiddy
land. All potters taking small chil
dren to the park may leave them at
Kiddyland while they are in pursuit
of their own pleasures.
There were 12,000 people there Sun
day and all the rides were busy, espe
cially the Blackout. I don't know
whether it's the ride that attracts the
attention or the name. Hiedelberg
has been redecorated the picnic grove
given a new coat of paint. In fact
everything seems to be in excellent
shape.
George Hall, with Dolly Dawn and
her Dawn Patrol, furnished the music
last week and Max tells me they will
have big name bands all summer. So
take it from a potter, a day at Idora
Park, June 14, will always be a red
letter day in your lives.
The tickets on the Oldsmobile
going nicely. The members of
petrt disclosed.
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are
33
are
trying very hard to win the car. They
are disposing of their tickets like hot
cakes. —0. C. 33.
April Jobs Up 72%
(Continued from Page One)
tion filed with Bureau offices last
month numbered 18,117, an increase
of 28. 6 per cent over March. How
ever, the new claims figure for April
was 40 per cent under the
April,
1940
total, the report showed.
Benefit payments to unemployed
workers number 116,797 in April, a
decline of 22.3 per cent compared
with March, and 60.6 per cent
less
than in April a year ago.
Net amount of benefit payments
in
April was $1,105,129, a decrease ef
24.3 per cent compared with the pre
vious month, and 60.8
per cent
less
than in April, 1940.
Average weekly benefit amount for
total unemployment during April was
$10.10, anel for partial unemployment
the average
weekly check was
for
$5.12.
Balance available in the unemploy
ment compensation trust fund at the
end of April for payment of benefits
was $177,117,759. This figure was an
increase of 2.5 per cent over the March
balance, and 24.5
per cent more than
was available
in
April, 1940,
the re-
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Lindbergh's Right
(Continued from Page One)
easy victory over Hitler, we think that
the principles of democracy
require
our opposition to him.
Mitchell Case Cited
"Yet, that same principle requires
us to respect Lindbergh's right to say
what he thinks, even though we hate
him for it.
"We recall some years ago that a
high army officer, General Mitchell,
was summarily court-martialed and
broken from the army because he told
the public that our army training was
inadequate, that we had no adequate
defense.
"Today
Mitchell is dead. Circum­
stances have proven that this country
would have profited greatly by listen
ing to Mitchell, weighing his advice
and acting according to judgment ar
rived at after due thought.
"In our determination to abolish the
Hitler dictatorship, let us not set up
our own fanatical dictatorship anel
censorship. By tarring and feather
ing Lindbergh, we might some day in
the future justify the tarring and
feathering of our own opinions that
might at that time be in the minority.'-
Try "Cooling Off"
(Continued from Page One)
proud owner of a Dodge to take him
to the ball games.
Another member, Joe McLain, local
goat getter and raiser, reports an ad
dition of two fine kids to his herd
Joe says if you drink a glass of goat
milk along about the first of May you
wont have spring fever.
Some of the old home town boys,
working at Laughlins, were here over
the week-end, Brothers Victor Roush
Russell Brannon and Estel Spring and
family.
Local No. 66 membership would like
to see some of the national officials
visit us once in awhile. How about
coming over for the next meeting, we
would enjoy having you.
Harkers And TS&T
(Continued from Page One)
Friday when he will contact Local?
45 and 96. He will remain until Mo.i
day night when he will visit Lecal 35
Later in the week, Mr. White will start
on a southwestern-tour, remaining em
the road until he has explained the
insurance plan fully to the members
in Clarksburg and Graftem, W. Va.
Evansville, Inel., anel Robinson, 111.
Members throughout the trade have
voiced their enthusiasm for the plan.
We've enjoyed courtesy and willing
service so much that we sort of hate
to see the depressietn end.
Thursday, May 22, 1941
NOTICE!
Important Announcements of Local
Unions are to be found in this
Column
NOTICE
Local Union No. 177 requests
'i*
all members to be present at the
May 29 meeting for election of
i* officers for the local.
CORRECTION
Through the use of an unofficial
baseball schedule—the Valley Metor
Transit Co. advertised a Decoration
Day game in Cleveland. There is no
game in Cleveland Decoration Day.
The Yanks are in
June 1 and 2.
Cleveland May
31,
Bethlehem Steel
Corp. Defied Law
Court Upholds NLRB Order
Against Union Run By
Company
Washington, D. C. (ILNS—Holding
that the employes representation plan
of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation is
a company drminated union, the
United States Court of Appeals here
has upheld an order of the National
Labor Relations Board disestablish
ing the plan in nine of the corpora
tion's plants.
In a two to one decision, the court
ruled that Bethlehem had defied the
law as stated in the Wagner Act and
in "plain decisions of the Supreme
Court."
"The labor board's order provides
the only lawful remedy and
will
be
enforceei," the decision said.
The majority opinion, written by
Associate Justice Henry W. Edger
ton, and joined by Associate Justice
Fred M. Vinson, recalled that the
board found Bethlehem had dominated,
interfereel with and contributed sup
port to labor organizations, called
'Plans of Employes Representation"
at the corporation's Cambria, Lacka
wanna, Lebanon, Steelton, Sparrows
Point, Bethlehem and Concentrator
Plants and Rankin Works, Leetselale
Works No. 1 and Leetselale Works No.
2, situated in Pennsylvania, New York
and Maryland.
Evidence Held Clear
It is understooei the court fineling
will be appealed to the Supreme
Court. According to labor experts
here the employes representation plan
is one of the oldest of such organiza
tions in the United States.
"It is clear," said the Court ma
jority, "that the company dominated,
interfered with, and supported the
plans the board's other findings to
which we have referred are supported
by substantial evidence."
In these "other findings" the ma
jority held that the corporation had
"surreptitiously" given money to the
Mayor of Johnston, Pa., to "insure
continuance of his anti-union attitude
and conduct and that the corporation
must be helel responsible therefore."
Labor Spies Employed
Tt was stated alse that the com
pany hael "employed detectives to e»b
tain information about uniem activi
ties" and that "in this conduct em
ployes had been coerced in the exer
cise of the rights guaranteed by the
(Wagner), act te ferm er join labor
organizations, anel te engage in cen
certed activities for collective bargain
ing."
Disagreeing with the majority opin
ion, Justice Haredd M. Stephens saiel
he saw "no substantial evidence e»f
domination or interference" with the
formation ef the empletye representa
tien plans and that the ULRB order
should be set asiele because the board's
examiner showed bias.
Protected Eyes
Are More Beautiful
If .Y'.u sutler from eye strain but
refuse' to wear glasses, you're
cheating yourself or the charm of
lovely, clear eyes. Squinty, heavy
lieldeel, red, tired-looking eyes are
unattractive but eyes that are
guanled from strain with scien
tifically fitted glasses may be beau
tiful.
For Your onvenirnce
An Appointment Is Best
Convenient Time Payments
Dr. Herschel A. Rubin
O O E I S
At Leon Rubin's J«welry Store
513 Washington St PHONE 2427
I
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T—
AFL Chemical Workers
Win Pay Increase Pact
Brunswick, Ca.—The Departmental
(oune'il established by A. E. of L.
Chemical Wenkers Union \'e. 22MO
announced the nege»tiatien of a ten
per cent pay increase for all wage
employes of the Hercules Powder
Company, Naval Storage Division,
here. The union was recently certi
fied by the Natiemal Labor Relations
Board as the sede collective bargain
ing agency for the employes.
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